JP2002119393A - Showcase - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a showcase whose lower cover does not obstruct an article to be put into/out from the showcase. SOLUTION: A plurality of guide rails 16 extended in the longitudinal direction are laid under the main body 2 of this showcase. A moving member 18 is disposed on each guide rail 16 and is connected with a support member 19 extended in the lateral direction. The lower end part of a lower cover 2 is connected rotatable in the vertical direction via a bracket 23 and a hinge 25. A space between the guide rail 16 and the floor part F is made to be a housing part 17 to house the lower cover 22 rotated to a horizontal housing position.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a display case, for example, a display case of a wall-mounted type or a movable case type provided along a wall surface in a room such as a museum.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Generally, a wall-mounted display case is
A case main body provided on a wall surface, a fixed glass door (fixed shoji) and a movable glass door (movable shoji) provided at an opening in a front portion of the case main body are provided. The fixed glass door is immovably provided on the case body. On the other hand, the movable glass door is movable in the front-rear direction between a first position located at the same position as the fixed glass door in the front-rear direction and a second position located forward of the fixed glass door. When the movable glass door is located at the first position, the side surface thereof is in contact with the fixed glass door and cannot be moved in the left-right direction. On the other hand, when it is located at the second position, the position between the closed position, which simply moves forward from the first position to the second position, and the open position, which overlaps the front of the fixed glass door, is provided. It can move in the left-right direction. Therefore, when exchanging the display items in the display case, the movable glass door is moved from the first position to the second position and then to the open position. Thereby, half of the front opening of the case main body is opened, and the exhibit is carried in and out therefrom.

Incidentally, the movable glass door usually runs on a rail provided at a lower portion of the case main body. When the movable glass door is located at the first position, the movable glass door and the fixed glass door are moved. If the lower end of the movable glass door and the rail can be seen from the front, the appearance of the display case deteriorates.
Therefore, a cover is provided at the lower part of the front surface of the case body to shield the lower end portions and the rails of the fixed glass door and the movable glass door so that they cannot be seen from the front. However, the cover
It must allow the movable glass door to move forward from the first position to the second position. Therefore, the lower end of the cover is provided rotatably about the horizontal axis on the case body, and the upper end of the cover is rotated so as to move forward from the movable glass door so that the movable glass door is in the first position. From the second position to the second position.

[0004]

When the upper end is moved forward by rotating the cover, the upper end of the cover is separated from the case body by that much. Therefore, when exchanging exhibits, the user must straddle the cover to get in and out of the case body, and not only will the top edge of the cover be in the way, but will also be injured or fall There was a risk of damage to the exhibits.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made to solve the above problems, and includes a case body, a fixed shoji fixed to the case body, and a fixed shoji fixed to the case body. A first position located at the same position in the front-rear direction, and a second position located forward of the fixed sash.
A movable shoji provided so as to be movable in the front-rear direction between the position and the lower end of the case main body is rotatably supported between a shielding position and a storage position around a horizontal axis. A cover, wherein when the movable shoji is located at the first position, it is immovable in the left-right direction adjacent to the fixed shoji, and when the movable shoji is located at the second position, The cover is movable in the left-right direction so as to overlap the front of the fixed sash, and when the cover is located at the shielding position, the upper end thereof can see the movable sash and the lower part of the fixed sash from the front. When it is located at the accommodation position, the upper end portion moves forward away from the movable shoji, and the movable shoji moves from the first position to the second position. Exhibit that allows In the display case, the cover rotated to the storage position is provided on the display case so as to be movable to the rear side, and a storage portion for storing the cover moved to the rear side is formed at a lower portion of the display case. It is characterized by: In this case, an upper end of the upper cover is provided on the upper portion of the case main body so as to be rotatable between a concealing position and a movement allowable position around a horizontal axis. When it is located at, the upper part of the movable sash and the fixed sash is shielded so as not to be seen from the near side, and when located at the movement allowable position, the lower end part is separated from the movable sash to the near side. It is desirable to allow the movable shoji to move from the first position to the second position. Further, a guide member extending in the front-rear direction is provided on the case body inside the cover, and a movable member is provided on the guide member so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and the lower end of the cover is turned around the movable member. It is desirable to be provided movably. Further, it is preferable that the case main body is provided with a support portion for supporting the cover moving from the storage position into the storage portion so as to be relatively movable.

[0006]

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS One embodiment of the present invention in which the present invention is applied to a display case of a wall-mounted type will be described below with reference to FIGS. FIG. 1 is a front view of a display case 1 according to the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG. As shown in these figures, in this display case 1, the floor F and the wall W in the room are
And a concave portion Wa is formed in the wall portion W. A frame 2 a forming a part of the case body 2 is provided in the recess Wa. The frame 2a is assembled along the recess Wa, and the lower part, the inner part, and the upper part inside the frame 2a have a floor plate 2b and a
c and the top plate 32d. Side plates (not shown) made of a decorative plate are provided on both left and right sides of the frame 2a. A space surrounded by the floor plate 2b, the back plate 2c, the top plate 2d, and the side plate is an exhibition room 2e for displaying an exhibit.

The front of the case body 2 is open, and a fixed glass door (fixed shoji) 3 and a movable glass door (movable shoji) 4 are provided in the opening. The fixed glass doors 3 and the movable glass doors 4 are alternately arranged in the left-right direction. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the upper and lower portions of the fixed glass door 3 are fixed to the frame 2a. On the other hand, the movable glass door 4 is movable in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction by adopting a structure described below.

[0010] That is, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 5, a plurality of upper support members 5 extending horizontally in the front-rear direction are provided above the opening of the case body 2. Each upper support member 5 supports an upper movable member 6 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. An upper rail 7 extending horizontally in the left-right direction is fixed to the upper movable member 6. The upper rail 7 is disposed slightly above the fixed glass door 3. Therefore, the upper rail 7 can move in the front-rear direction above the fixed glass door 3, and the moving range of the upper rail 7 is a position directly above the fixed glass door 3 (see FIG. 3A). ) And a front position (refer to FIG. 3B) located forward of the fixed rail 7. The length of the upper rail 7 is substantially the same as the sum of the length of the fixed glass door 3 in the left-right direction and the length of the movable glass door 4 in the left-right direction. Upper rail 7
Is located directly above the fixed glass door 3 and the other half is located directly above the movable glass door 4 located at a first position described later.

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG.
A plurality of lower support members 8 extending horizontally in the front-rear direction are provided below the opening. Each lower support member 8 supports a lower movable member 9 movably in the front-rear direction. The lower movable member 9 includes a lower rail 10 extending horizontally in the left-right direction.
Is provided. The lower rail 10 is disposed slightly below the fixed glass door 3. Therefore, the lower rail 10
Is movable in the front-rear direction below the fixed glass door 3, and the moving range of the lower rail 7 is set to be the same as the moving range of the upper rail 7. The lower rail 10 has the same length as the upper rail 7 and is arranged at the same position in the left-right direction as the upper rail 7.

As shown in FIG. 6, a lower end of the movable glass door 4 is supported by a lower rail 10 so as to be movable in the left-right direction via a door wheel 11 rotatable about a horizontal axis. On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 5, the upper end of the movable glass door 4 is guided by the upper rail 7 so as to be movable in the left-right direction via a guide wheel 12 rotatable about a vertical axis. Therefore, the movable glass door 4 can move in the front-rear direction together with the upper and lower rails 7 and 10. In order to move the movable glass door 4 and the upper and lower rails 7 and 10 together, it is preferable to provide an interlocking mechanism between the upper and lower rails 7 and 10 for interlocking and moving them.

The movable glass door 4 is located at the same position as the fixed glass door 3 in the front-rear direction when the upper rail 7 is located directly above. In addition, at this time, both side surfaces of the movable glass door 4 are in contact with the respective side surfaces of the two fixed glass doors 3 located on the left and right sides of the movable glass door 4. As a result, the movable glass door 4 cannot move in the left-right direction. The position of the movable glass door 4 at this time is the first position. On the other hand, the movable glass door 4 is
Is located at the front position, the upper and lower rails 7, 10
Together with the fixed glass door 3. The position of the movable glass door 4 at this time is the second position. When the movable glass door 4 moves to the second position, the movable glass door 4 is located forward of the fixed glass door 3, so that the movable glass door 4 can move in the left-right direction along the upper and lower rails 7, 10, and its movement range is the first range.
Is defined between the same position in the left-right direction and the position overlapping the movable glass door 4 in front of the fixed glass door 3 adjacent to the left side of FIG. As apparent from these, in the display case 1 of this embodiment, the fixed glass door 3 and the movable glass door 4 adjacent to the right side of the fixed glass door 3 make a pair.

As shown in FIG. 1 to FIG. 3 and FIG.
The upper shielding plate 13 extending in the left-right direction is provided on the upper surface of the concave portion Wa.
Is provided. The upper shielding plate 13 is disposed slightly ahead of the fixed glass door 3 and the movable glass door 4 (the movable glass door 4 located at the first position). An upper end of an upper cover 14 having the same length as the upper shield plate 13 is rotatably connected to a lower end of the upper shield plate 13 via a hinge 15 having a horizontal axis. The upper cover 14 is shown in FIG.
(A) and FIG. 5 (A), a concealed position in which the width direction is directed up and down, and as shown in FIG. 3 (B) and FIG. And between the movable glass door 4 and a movement-permitted position moved forward. In addition. The upper cover 14 can be detachably locked at a movement allowable position by a locking mechanism (not shown).

When the upper cover 14 is located at the concealed position, the upper cover 14 cooperates with the upper shield plate 13 to extend from the upper surface of the opening of the recess Wa to the upper portion of the fixed glass 3 and the movable glass door 4 from the front. It is shielded so that it cannot be seen. On the other hand,
When the movable glass door 4 rotates to the movement allowable position, the movable glass door 4 is allowed to move from the first position to the second position, and is allowed to move in the left and right direction at the second position.

As shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, a plurality of guide rails (guide members) 16 extending horizontally in the front-rear direction are provided on the lower portion of the case body 2 below the fixed glass door 3 and the movable glass door 4. Are spaced apart from each other in the direction. The space from the guide rail 16 to the floor F is the accommodation unit 1
It is 7. The housing section 17 houses a lower cover 22, which will be described later, from its front opening. Therefore, the depth dimension of the housing portion 17 is slightly longer than the vertical width of the lower cover 22.

A movable member 18 is provided on each guide rail 16 so as to be movable in the front-rear direction. Each movable member 18
, A support member 19 extending in the left-right direction is fixed. Therefore, the support member 19 can move in the front-rear direction in the upper part inside the housing part 17 with the longitudinal direction thereof oriented in the left-right direction. However, as shown in FIG. 9, a locking plate 20 is provided on the case main body 2, and a stopper 21 is detachably provided on the locking plate 20. When the lower end of the stopper 21 is removably inserted into the support member 19, the position of the support member 19 is fixed to the distal end of the guide rail 16, and the position of the support member 19 is within the opening-side end of the housing portion 17. are doing. Of course, if the stopper 21 is removed from the support member 19, the support member 19 can be moved to the back side of the housing 17.

As shown in FIG. 4 and FIG.
The lower end of the lower cover (cover) 22 is
3 and a hinge 24 having a horizontal axis. The lower cover 22 is rotatable between a vertically shielded position (the position shown in FIGS. 4 and 6) and a substantially horizontal storage position (see FIGS. 7, 9 and 11). . However, the lower cover 22 is used to lock the lock mechanism 25 except when entering and exiting the exhibition room 2e for exchanging exhibition items.
It is non-rotatably fixed to the shielding position by reference to FIG. The lower cover 22 may be directly rotatably supported by the movable member 18 without connecting the support member 19 to each movable member 18.

The lower cover 22 has the same length as the upper cover 14. Moreover, when the support member 19 is fixed by the stopper 21, that is, when the support member 19 is moved most forward, it is located at the same position as the upper cover 14 in the front-rear direction and the left-right direction. Also,
The width of the lower cover 22 in the vertical direction is set substantially equal to the distance from the support member 19 to the lower ends of the fixed glass door 3 and the movable glass door 4. Therefore, the lower cover 22
When it is located at the shielding position shown in FIGS. 4 and 6, it shields the range from the support member 19 to the lower end portions of the fixed glass door 3 and the movable glass door 4 so as not to be seen from the front. On the other hand, when the lower cover 21 is rotated to the storage position in FIG. 7, the front of the movable glass door 4 and the lower rail 10 is opened, so that the movable glass door 4 can be moved to the second position.

The lower cover 22 is substantially horizontal at the storage position. In this state, as shown in FIG.
Can be inserted into the housing 17 together with the support member 19 from the lower end thereof. When the support member 19 reaches the innermost end of the guide rail 16, the entire lower cover 22 is
Housed within. The portion between the lower cover 22 and the floor portion F in the opening of the housing portion 17 is shielded by a fixed shielding member 26 provided on the floor portion F.

As shown in FIG. 10 and FIG.
A bracket 27 is provided at the lower part of the case body 2 facing the upper part of the opening. A guide wheel (supporting part) 28 is provided at the lower end of the bracket 27 so as to be rotatable about a horizontal axis. Have been. When the lower cover 22 rotates to the storage position, the guide wheel 28 is moved to the state shown in FIGS.
2, the receiving member 2 provided on the lower cover 22
9 so as to be in contact with the lower surface thereof. Guide car 2
The contact of the lower surface 8 with the lower surface of the receiving member 29 prevents the lower cover 22 from rotating below the storage position. Moreover, when the lower cover 22 rotated to the storage position is slightly moved to the rear side of the storage section 17, the guide wheel 28
In addition to preventing the lower cover 22 from rotating downward by contacting the receiving member 29, the lower cover 22 abuts against the lower cover 22 and prevents upward rotation. Thereby, the lower cover 22
Can smoothly move in the front-rear direction without swinging up and down.

In the display case 1 having the above structure,
It is assumed that the movable glass door 4 is located at the first position, the upper cover 14 is located at the concealing position, and the lower cover 22 is located at the shielding position. Therefore, the movable glass door 4 is the first
It is located in the position. When the movable glass door 4 is opened from this state, first, the upper cover 14 is rotated from the concealed position to the movement allowable position, and the lower cover 22 is rotated from the shielded position to the storage position. Next, the lower cover 2
2 is pushed horizontally toward the back side of the accommodation section 17, and
Move it into 7. Thereafter, the movable glass door 4 is moved forward from the first position to the second position, and further to the front of the fixed glass door 3 to the left in FIG.
Open the front opening of. Exhibits are exchanged by entering and exiting the opening. At this time, since the lower cover 22 is accommodated in the accommodating portion 17, the lower cover 22 does not become an obstacle when entering and exiting the case body 2. Therefore, it is possible to prevent the lower cover 22 from being injured by catching a foot, or from being overturned and damaging the exhibit.

After the exchange of the exhibits is completed, the movable glass door 4 is first returned to the first position, and then the upper cover 14 is returned to the concealing position and the lower cover 22 is returned to the shielding position. Good.

The present invention is not limited to the above embodiment, but can be modified as appropriate. For example, in the above-described embodiment, the present invention is applied to the display case 1 of a wall-mounted type. However, the present invention is applied to other display cases, for example, an independent display case having a box-shaped case body having an open front surface. It is also applicable to type display cases.
Also, the length of the upper cover 14 in the left-right direction is fixed to the glass door 3.
And the total length of the movable glass door 4 in the left-right direction, but the upper cover 7 is bisected in the left-right direction, and the length of each part in the left-right direction is equal to the length of the fixed glass door 3 and the movable glass door 4. May be equal to This is the same for the lower cover 10.

[0023]

As described above, according to the present invention, the movable sash is moved to the second position and the cover is turned to the storage position. The effect is obtained that the product can easily enter and exit the exhibition room of the case body without damaging the product.

[Brief description of the drawings]

FIG. 1 is a partially omitted front view showing an embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a sectional view taken along line AA of FIG.

FIG. 3 is an enlarged view of a range surrounded by a in FIG.
(A) shows a state where the upper cover is located at the concealed position,
FIG. 3B shows a state where the upper cover is located at the movement allowable position.

FIG. 4 is an enlarged view of a range surrounded by B in FIG. 2;

5 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line BB of FIG. 1, and FIGS. 5A and 5B are similar to FIGS. 3A and 3B, respectively.

FIG. 6 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line CC of FIG. 1;

FIG. 7 is a view similar to FIG. 6, showing a state in which the lower cover is rotated to a storage position.

FIG. 8 is a cross-sectional view similar to FIG. 6, showing a state where the lower cover is housed in the housing section.

FIG. 9 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line DD of FIG. 1;

FIG. 10 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line EE of FIG. 1;

FIG. 11 is a view similar to FIG. 10, showing a state in which the lower cover is rotated to the storage position.

FIG. 12 is an enlarged sectional view taken along line XX of FIG. 11;

[Explanation of symbols]

 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Display case 2 Case main body 3 Fixed glass door (fixed sash) 4 Movable glass door (movable sash) 14 Upper cover 16 Guide rail (guide member) 17 Housing part 18 Movable member 19 Support member 22 Lower cover (Cover) 28 Guide car (Support)

Claims (4)

[Claims] 1. A case body, a fixed shoji fixed to the case body, a first position on the case body located at the same position in the front-rear direction with the fixed shoji, and a position forward of the fixed shoji. A movable shoji provided so as to be movable in the front-rear direction between the second position and the lower end of the case body so as to be rotatable between a shielding position and a housing position around a horizontal axis. With a supported cover,
When the movable shoji is located at the first position, it is immovable in the left-right direction adjacent to the fixed shoji. When the movable shoji is located at the second position, the movable shoji is movable relative to the fixed shoji. The cover is movable in the left-right direction so as to overlap in front thereof, and when the cover is located at the shielding position, the upper end shields the movable shoji and the lower part of the fixed shoji so that they cannot be seen from the front. When it is located at the accommodation position, the upper end moves forward away from the movable shoji and the movable shoji is allowed to move from the first position to the second position. In the case, the cover rotated to the storage position is provided on the display case so as to be movable to the rear side, and a storage portion for storing the cover moved to the rear side is formed below the display case. Display case characterized by the following. 2. An upper end of an upper cover is provided on an upper portion of the case main body so as to be rotatable between a concealing position and a movement permitting position about a horizontal axis. When located at the concealed position, the upper part of the movable shoji and the fixed shoji is shielded so as not to be seen from the near side. The display case according to claim 1, wherein the display case is moved away from the movable sash to allow the movable sash to move from the first position to the second position. 3. A guide member extending in the front-rear direction is provided on the case body inside the cover, and a movable member is provided on the guide member so as to be movable in the front-rear direction, and a lower end of the cover is provided on the movable member. The display case according to claim 1, wherein the portion is rotatably provided. 4. The case body according to claim 1, wherein said case body is provided with a support portion for supporting said cover moving from said storage position into said storage portion so as to be relatively movable. The display case described in.